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Fluoride & The Costco Connection

"Community water fluoridation has been a controversial public health issue, and the debate resurfaced after some Canadian municipalities opted out of fluoridating their water supplies. Fluoridation's supporters believe that opting out is a mistake. Supporters also say that fluoride in community drinking water helps to reduce tooth decay for a great many people and decades of research have shown the practice to be safe. But critics question both it's safety and it's efficacy, insisting that fluoride does not have to be swallowed to be effective and that it's an infringement of individual's right to be automatically medicated via public drinking water. What do you think"